More than 63,755 students have enrolled in the Career Advancement Programme (CAP) since its implementation seven years ago. An initiative under the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, CAP provides an opportunity for students aged 16 to 18, to gain valuable training and skills for the job market or to further their education. In addition to the job-ready training, CAP...

Scores of teachers and principals in South West St. Elizabeth were presented with tokens of appreciation on Teachers’ Day (May 10), by State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green. Key rings and greeting cards were given to the recipients, while Councillors of the area presented each school with a cake. There are 17 primary,...

An Oversight Committee, headed by Professor Maureen Samms-Vaughan, has been established to oversee the development of a comprehensive strategy to revitalise the vision for Jamaican children eight years and younger. This was stated by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, during the Senate’s sitting on Friday, May 5. The Oversight Committee will have responsibility for...

Principal of Lennon High School, Dr. Donald Johnson, has hailed the Government for removing auxiliary fees and increasing the budgetary allocation to the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH). “The socio-economic status of many parents of students attending school in Jamaica is cause for concern. The Government must, therefore, be commended for the great work they are doing...

Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, says the observation of Education Week provides an opportunity to celebrate the important role that education plays in building the society.He said that with education being at the core of Jamaica’s mission for social change and development “we must continue to raise the bar in celebrating our teachers, who are...

Fourteen infant departments are to be established at primary schools across the island under the Early Childhood Rationalisation Programme. The rationalisation process involves merging clusters of basic schools as well as subsuming some into infant departments of primary schools. This is done according to factors such as the number of students at each institution and the needs of the area,...

Minister of State for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green, is pleading to adults to take action against child abuse. Mr. Green, who brought greetings at the Child Month National Church Service on May 7 at the Fellowship Tabernacle, 2 Fairfield Avenue, Kingston 20, said that as Jamaicans, “we are good at talking, researching and putting out solutions, but...